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October 14, 2007

Morning People

My ex is a morning person. That's the only reason I can think of that I was punished with giving birth to a morning person. She must take after her dad. Plus, she's very social. So she doesn't wake up and hang out with herself doing her own thing until I get up. She wakes up and checks to see if I'm up every few minutes. She's old enough now that she's learned mom is much happier and much less grumpier if she doesn't get woke up at 7 a.m. She also wakes up hungry. No, she wakes up starving. Thankfully she is also old enough to get herself something to eat. It's been a lot of years of getting up and feeding her and then trying to rest for a few more minutes before facing the day.

However, I still have guilt that she is awake and alone and feeding herself. I wonder how old she will have to be before that goes away. My mom was the stay at home and see to all your kids needs kind of mom. She was a great mom. I'm a bit more selfish than her.

This is what I'm thankful for. My little morning person has the energy of two or three people. She always has. She was born needing less sleep than me. She has the energy to accomplish anything that she wants to in life. She will be one of those people that I look at and wonder how they get everything done. I'm happy for her. And I am teaching her to direct that energy in positive ways.